Portal:Ice hockey
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The ice hockey portal
Olympic Winter Games.
Ice hockey is one of the four
national winter sport of Canada, where seven of the 32 NHL franchises are based; Canadian-born players, though, outnumber American-born players in the NHL by a factor of three (30 per cent, additionally, come from outside North America
).
The sport is played on a
with a blade that is commonly curved at one end. Players may also generally redirect the puck with any part of their bodies, but the kicking of the puck into the goal is prohibited.Featured article
Quotes
| “ | All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity. | ” |
| — Gordie Howe | ||
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Credit: Aude
Recreation of the Montreal Canadiens dressing room from the Montreal Forum at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Did you know ...
- ...that Jason Spezza (pictured), a centre for the Dallas Stars, was a child model?
- ...that a pest is a player who attempts to distract, annoy, or anger an opponent in order to reduce the latter's effectiveness or to induce him to commit a penalty?
- ...that NHL?
- ...that defenceman Wade Belak almost set a Toronto Maple Leafs record by going 143 games without scoring a goal?
- ...that New Jersey Devils head coach Claude Julien was fired with only three games left in the 2006–07 season?
